Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944

1. Introductory Text

2. Disabled persons

   1. 1. Definition of " disabled person "

3. Vocational training and industrial rehabilitation courses

   1. 2. Vocational training courses

   2. 3. Industrial rehabilitation courses

   3. 4. Payments to persons attending courses

   4. 5. Expenses of courses to be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament

4. Provisions for enabling registered disabled persons to obtain employment or to undertake work on their own account

   1. 6. Register of disabled persons

   2. 7. Entry of names of disabled persons in the register

   3. 8. Duration of registration, and subsequent applications for registration

   4. 9. Obligations as to employment of quota of registered persons in substantial staffs

   5. 10. Determination of employers' quotas

   6. 11. Permits for employment of persons not registered where quota condition not satisfied

   7. 12. Appropriation of vacancies in certain employments to registered persons only

   8. 13. Provisions for interpretation, and c. of preceding sections

   9. 14. Records to be kept by employers

   10. 15. Provision for registered persons who are seriously disabled of employment, or work on their own account, under special conditions

5. Administration

   1. 16. Preference for ex-service men and women

   2. 17. National advisory council and district advisory committees

   3. 18. Officers, and c

   4. 19. Provisions as to offences

   5. 20. Regulations and orders

6. Application, commencement, etc.

   1. 21. Application as respects place of employment, and nationality

   2. 22. Provisions as to Northern Ireland

   3. 23. Short title, interpretation and commencement

7. SCHEDULES

   1. FIRST SCHEDULE

      1. Women's Services

         1. 1. Member of Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service or any...

         2. 2. Member of the Women's Royal Naval Service.

         3. 3. Woman medical practitioner serving in the Royal Navy or any...

         4. 4. Member of Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service or any...

         5. 5. Member of the Territorial Army Nursing Service or any reserve...

         6. 6. Member of the Auxiliary Territorial Service.

         7. 7. Woman employed with the Royal Army Medical Corps or the...

         8. 8. Member of Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service or...

         9. 9. Member of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force.

         10. 10. Women employed with the Medical Branch or the Dental Branch...

         11. 11. Member of the Voluntary Aid Detachments employed under the Admiralty,...

   2. SECOND SCHEDULE

      1. Provisions as to advisory council and committees

         1. 1. (1) The national advisory council and each district advisory committee...

         2. 2. Each district committee shall establish one or more panels consisting...

         3. 3. The Minister may nominate a duly qualified medical practitioner for...

         4. 4. There shall be paid by the Minister out of moneys...

         5. 5. (1) The Minister may by regulations make any such provision...